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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 16, 20221 min read
Ketamine for Trauma and PTSD - Interview with Dr. Harrison Irons from Southern Ketamine and Wellness
We work with many providers in the area to make sure that our clients receive the best care for their unique issue. One of the providers...
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Becky Milstead LPC NCC
May 16, 20222 min read
Teach Your Children Well
Accepting hurt and disappointment as a part of the human condition, is one of the toughest things about growing up.
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 15, 20221 min read
Do you want to work at Taproot Therapy Collective?
Are you an LPC, LICSW, psychologist or psychiatrist who wants to go into private practice in the Birmingham are? Are you in a mental...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 15, 20220 min read
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 11, 20228 min read
Dissociative Identity Disorder Alter Mapping Free Worksheet
Vocabulary for DID Even though most of these terms are not medical or recognised in DSM, ICD and research literature they are prevalent...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Apr 28, 20226 min read
Don't Block the Hearth Fire; Reclaiming the Soul of Therapy by Embracing the Awareness of Death
In my house, like in most houses in America there is a fireplace. My wife and I do not often use our fireplace. In fact, I am not even...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Apr 21, 20225 min read
Free Group Therapy Shadow Work Exercise
This is a free three part group therapy program for doing Jungian therapy, shadow work, and art therapy. For a pdf of the exercise click...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Apr 6, 20223 min read
How do you Brainspot Patients With Severe Dissociation?
This article is a resource of for therapists. If you are not a therapists maybe check out this article about Brainspotting. Wait! If you...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Apr 4, 20225 min read
What did Freud Learn from his Parents?
Freud very nearly did not become a psychiatrist. He originally researched as a neurologist before moving into other disciplines. Freud’s...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Mar 29, 20223 min read
How do we Find the Roots of Trauma in the Deep Brain?
There are plenty of books and articles about how trauma works and how it effects the brain. Many of these books are written by doctors...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Mar 27, 202212 min read
Free Body Scan Mindfulness Meditation Script for Therapists
There is a legend about how Alexander the Great was able to conquer in the East. When he entered the city of Gordium there was an...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Mar 13, 202211 min read
Therapy, Spirituality, and Mysticism
In the medieval period it was common to take pilgrimages to the holy land from mainland Europe. The trip was an opportunity to face one's...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Feb 6, 20227 min read
Brainspotting Changed my Life. Can it Change Yours?
Yellow garden spiders have a fat yellow abdomen slicked with yellow and black stripes. They weave a tiny white squiggle in the center of...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Feb 3, 20228 min read
Leon Krier, Carl Jung, and the Architecture of the Archetype
“Truth of feature is related to truth of being” - Frank Lloyd Wright What does the building in the dream look like? How does the space...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Jul 4, 202112 min read
Evidence Based Practice is Broken, Let's Fix It!
The McNamara fallacy, named for Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, involves making a decision based solely...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Jun 10, 20213 min read
3 Ways Your Shadow Shows Up as Animals in Myths and Dreams
Carl Jung thought that dreams were the way that we use the past to try and conceptualize what the future will be like. When we are on the...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 31, 20214 min read
Why It Matters That Prince Harry Talked About EMDR and Brainspotting Healing Trauma
Our fight or flight response was a gift that kept us alive while we were living in the wild. When we heard a tiger growl, we either had...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 27, 20212 min read
The Most Common Images in Dreams and what they Mean
Dreams are so commonly associated with therapy because dreams are such a purely projective experience. In a way dreams are our own...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
May 5, 20213 min read
10 Books That Every Therapist Should Read
I get asked all the time "How do I become a psychotherapist?" or "How do I go into private practice as a therapist?". The short answer is...
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Joel T Blackstock Jr.
Apr 29, 20214 min read
Improve Relationships with the Lover Archetype
The Lover is one of the most difficult archetypes to notice that you are experiencing. By its very nature it is seductive and...
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